December 2017

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Bowen receives $1.1 million donation for scholarship fund

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law has received more than $1 million that will create a more affordable pathway to a law degree for Pulaski County residents and future law students who want to practice law in the county.

The money is part of the charitable component left over in a $45 million cigarette settlement fund. The charitable distribution ends a 14-year false advertising lawsuit against Marlboro Lights manufacturer Philip Morris USA. The funds will be split evenly between the Dean R. Morley Pulaski County Bar Foundation Scholarship Fund at the Bowen Law School and the Public Interest Litigation Scholarship Program Fund at the University of Arkansas Law School.

UA Little Rock’s donation of $1,091,148 is expected to generate around $40,000 annually for the Morley Scholarship endowment, said John DiPippa, interim dean of Bowen Law School. The additional funds for the Morley endowment make this one of the largest scholarship funds at Bowen and will help many more students achieve a law school education.

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Fifty-six Bowen alumni named

Soiree Magazine's "Best Lawyers" for 2017

Appellate:

Misty Borkowski, Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus, PC

Tasha C. Taylor, Taylor & Taylor Law Firm, PA

Chris Travis, Gill Ragon Owen, PA

Bankruptcy:

Lyndsey D. Dilks, Dilks Law Firm

Kelly McNulty, Gill Ragon Owen, PA

John Rainwater, Rainwater, Holt & Sexton

Commercial Litigation

M. Stephen Bingham, Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus, PC

David Jones, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, LLP

Randy P. Murphy, Anderson Murphy & Hopkins, LLP

Gary Rogers, Dover Dixon Horne, PLLC

Perry Wilson, Barber Law Firm

Corporate Finance

Charles "Skip" Davidson, Davidson Law Firm

Corporate Insurance

Carl "Trey" Cooper, Dover Dixon Horne, PLLC

Michael McCarty Harrison, Watts, Donovan & Tilley, PA

Charley Swann, James, House, Downing

Criminal Defense

Patrick & Kara Benca, Benca & Benca

Bill James, James Law Firm

David W. Parker, Dodds, Kidd, Ryan & Rowan

Employment Law

Neeman Esmaeilpour, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, LLP

Environmental Law

Mark Allison, Dover Dixon Horne, PLLC

Julie Greathouse, PPGMR Law

Sam Ledbetter, McMath Woods

ERISA

Alexandra Ifrah, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP

Family Law

Tjuana C. Byrd, Law Offices of Tjuana Byrd

Bart W. Calhoun, McDaniel, Richardson & Calhoun, PLLC

Traci LaCerra, LaCerra, Dickson, Hoover & Rogers, PLLC

Erin Lewis, Erin W. Lewis Law

Bonnie Robertson, Robertson, Oswalt & Associates

Sidney Stewart, Taylor & Taylor Law Firm, PA

Megan W. Wooster, M.W. Law, PLLC

Paul A. Young, Hale & Young, PLLC

Labor & Employment

Drew Benham, Davidson Law Firm

Missy McJunkins Duke, Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus, PC

Denise Hoggard, Rainwater, Holt & Sexton

Jenny Teeter, Gill Ragon Owen, PA

Litigation

Amber Wilson Bagley, Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus, PC

Natalie Dickson, LaCerra, Dickson, Hoover & Rogers, PLLC

Matthew Finch, Gill Ragon Owen, PA

Jennifer Williams Flinn, Taylor & Taylor Law Firm, PA

Lauren Hoover, LaCerra, Dickson, Hoover & Rogers, PLLC

Ashley Hudson, Kutak Rock

David W. Kamps, Kamps & Stotts, PLLC

Dustin McDaniel, McDaniel, Richardson & Calhoun, PLLC

Kathleen McDonald, Beacon Legal Grou, PLLC

Scott P. Richardson, McDaniel, Richardson & Calhoun, PLLC

Bob Sexton, Rainwater, Holt & Sexton

Mediation/Alternative Dispute

Scotty Shivley, ADR

Personal Injury

Christopher Heil, The Brad Hendricks Law Firm

Michael C. Lewis, Knapp Lewis Law Firm

Andy Taylor, Taylor & Taylor Law Firm, PA

Real Estate

Melissa Bandy, Mitchell Williams

Tax

Jennifer Pierce, Mitchell Williams

Robert Smith, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP

Trusts & Estates

John B. Pearce, Dover Dixon Horne, PLLC

Bethany Gulley Pike, The Elrod Firm

White Collar Criminal Defense

Tre Kitchens, The Brad Hendricks Law Firm

Congratulations to all of our alumni on your outstanding work!

Former Bowen dean wins national leadership award

Former University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law Dean Robert K. Walsh received the 2017 A. Sherman Christensen Award, given by the American Inns of Court in recognition of outstanding service and exceptional leadership on Saturday, Oct. 21. Walsh is dean emeritus and professor at Wake Forest University School of Law.

Walsh served as Dean of UALR Law from 1976-1981 and became a partner at Friday, Eldridge and Clark law firm before joining the Wake Forest University School of Law.

The award was presented at the American Inns of Court Celebration of Excellence Dinner, a black-tie event hosted by the Honorable Justice Elena Kagan in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C. The award, which was presented in the high court’s courtroom, is funded by an endowment established by LexisNexis.

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Alumni Updates

Brad Cazort, '88, was named Director of the Arkansas Crime Information Center.

Joe Gregory, '90, joined Rock Dental Brands as General Counsel. He will manage the daily legal affairs for Rock Dental Brands and its affiliates - Westrock Orthodontics, Leap Kids Pediatric Dental, Rock Family Dental and Impact Oral Surgery.

Connie Hickman Tanner, '91, is now Chief Program Officer, Child Welfare and Juvenile Law, for the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.

Jena Baker McNeill, '08, is now a Senior Fellow at the George Washington Center for Cyber & Homeland Security.

Chris McNulty, '08, and Molly McNulty, '12, welcomed son Thomas Spencer McNulty on Nov. 21, weighing 7 pounds, 5 ounces and measuring 20 inches long.

Nashad Carrington, '12, is now an attorney for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Brandon Haubert, '13, and wife Jessica Hall welcomed daughter Elizabeth Jane Haubert on Nov. 19, weighing 5 pounds, 11 ounces and measuring 19 inches long.

Angela, '13, and Lee Lowther, '13, welcomed son Edwin "Win" Lee Lowther IV on Oct. 21, weighing 8 pounds, 4 ounces and measuring 20 inches long.

Jason Cramer, '16, is now an associate attorney at Thomas J. Henry's San Antonio office. His practice currently focuses on representing clients involved in automotive-related accidents.

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Upcoming Events

Thursday, Dec. 14 - Dean's Holiday Party, Trapnall Hall, 5-7 pm

Friday, Dec. 15 - Bowen Hooding Ceremony, Friday Courtroom, 6 pm

Saturday, Dec. 16 - UA Little Rock Fall Graduation, Jack Stephens Center, 9:30 am

Saturday, Feb. 3 - Alumni Basketball Game & Reception, Bailey Center/Jack Stephens Center, Women's Game, 3 pm; Reception, 4 pm; Men's Game, 5 pm

For more information or to RSVP to an event, please email Emily Terry.

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